MERCHANT'S FAST MOTOR LINES, INC. v. LANE

No. 17019.

259 F.2d 336 (1958)

MERCHANT'S FAST MOTOR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. J. R. LANE et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Scurlock, Rawlings, Sayers, Scurlock & Eidson, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellant.

Joe H. Foy, Earl W. Smith, San Angelo, Tex., H. O. Woodward, Coleman, Tex., Hardeman, Smith & Foy, San Angelo, Tex., for appellees.

Before RIVES, JONES, and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns an automobile collision between a lead vehicle, making a left turn, and an overtaking vehicle. Appellant's main argument on appeal is pointed at special issues the district court submitted to the jury.

Peggy Lane was injured in a collision between her father's Pontiac passenger car and a tractor and semi-trailer truck (43 feet long) driven by McManus, an employee of Merchant's Fast Motor Lines. Ward Lane, Peggy's young...

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